Geochemical records in the subaqueous Yangtze River delta and their responses to human activities in the past 60 years

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 552-561

  Liu, Ming ^a   Fan, DeJiang ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemical proxy; Geochemical records; Human activity; Response; Subaqueous Yangtze River delta

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952052642     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4256-3     Document Type: Article

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